Theurl Austrian Premium Timber invests in Deep Learning AI integration into the Goldeneye Transverse scanner from MiCROTEC for the quality grading of lumber.
At Theurl, both the green and the dry boards are sorted in three lumber plants. MiCROTEC is responsible for the fully automatic sorting logistics which include the Variosort control suite. Inside the youngest of the three machines, the SH3, MiCROTEC also installed a Goldeneye Transverse scanner and the camera-based monitoring system Trueye with its virtual light curtains which optimize and control the production flow.
Immediately in front of the Goldeneye Transverse, the dimensions and moisture of each element are determined. “The system uses this information to calculate whether it is a green or a dry board. After that, the scanner changes the settings accordingly,” Theurl’s operations manager Bernd Gasser explains, who sorts up to 20 different grades of green and dried lumber in the SH3. This also includes all the raw boards for the in-house CLT factory in Steinfeld.
Image: Theurl Austrian Premium Timber
“Equipped with MiCROTEC Ai, the Goldeneye scanner in use at Theurl is one of the most state-of-the-art scanner solutions in the whole of Europe,” Martin Baumgartner from MiCROTEC explains.
Using a large amount of correct data sets, the artificial intelligence learns how to assess certain characteristics, such as knots, resin galls, blue stain or compression wood, which leads to significantly better sorting results.
MiCROTEC is a global leader in innovative scanning solutions for the wood products industry.
